STANDARD MINIMUM ATTORNEY’S FEES SCHEDULE

CONSULTATION AND RETAINERSHIP

₱1,000.00 per hour
[Office or Virtual Consultation]
Plain Consultation
₱2,000.00 per hour
[Physical Consultation Outside of the Office]
Consultation with Written Advice or ₱2,000.00 or ₱1,000.00 per page
Opinion [whichever is higher]
Research or Preliminary Study ₱1,500.00 per hour
₱1,500.00 or One Percent (1%) of the total price
Preparation of Attorney’s Letter stated in the letter
[whichever is higher and when applicable]
Retainership Agreement (Business
₱10,000.00 per month
Capital of ₱5,000,000.00 and below)
Retainership Agreement (Business
₱25,000.00 per month
Capital of above ₱5,000,000.00)

SIMPLE DOCUMENTS
PREPARATION OF
SIMPLE DOCUMENTS / NOTARIZATION
DOCUMENT WITH
NOTARIAL ACT PERFORMED ONLY
NOTARIZATION
Simple Documents (Jurat) ₱1,000.00 ₱500.00
₱2,000.00 minimum or
Acknowledgement of Power of
₱500.00 per page ₱1,000.00
Attorney or Ordinary Documents
[whichever is higher]
₱500.00 minimum or
Authentication and Certification of
₱100.00 per page,
Documents or Statements
[whichever is higher]

CONTRACTS OR AGREEMENTS
Preparation and Acknowledgment of
Contracts or Agreement of Sale involving
acts of conveyances of real and/or
personal property
(e.g. donations inter vivos or mortis
Three Percent (3%) of the actual amount of the
causa, lease, assignment, consideration,
contract of agreement, but not less than
value of mortgage, and foreclosure,
₱3,000.00 [whichever is higher]
antichresis, usufruct, extrajudicial
partition, market value of the property,
or settlement of estate, easement and
other deeds of conveyances involving real
or personal property)
Preparation and acknowledgment of
deeds, contracts or agreements not ₱3,000.00 or ₱500.00 per page
involving any acts of conveyance of real [whichever is higher]
and/or personal property

ACCEPTANCE FEES
Court or Judicial Body Civil Cases Criminal Cases
Municipal Circuit Trial Court (McTC), ₱50,000.00 ₱50,000.00
Municipal Trial Court (MTC), and

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 Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC)
Regional Trial Court (RTC) ₱80,000.00 ₱70,000.00
Court of Appeals (CA) and Court of
₱100,000.00 ₱100,000.00
Tax Appeals (CTA)
Supreme Court ₱250,000.00 ₱250,000.00

Other Cases and/or Judicial Bodies

Sandiganbayan ₱200,000.00
Assistance in execution of Barangay
proceedings / Compromise Agreement before ₱10,000.00
the McTC, MTC and MTCC

Administrative Cases
Quasi-judicial agencies in the exercise of their
₱60,000.00
original quasi-judicial functions
Quasi-judicial agencies in the exercise of their
₱70,000.00
appellate quasi-judicial functions

Special Proceedings
Petitions for Change of Name/Correction of
entries; Petition for Recognition of Foreign ₱50,000.00
Judgment
Domestic Adoption ₱100,000.00
Adoption Involving Foreigners ₱200,000.00
Foreclosure of Mortgage ₱50,000.00
Settlement of Estate ₱50,000.00
Naturalization Proceeding ₱170,000.00

SPECIFIC PLEADINGS AND LEGAL DOCUMENTS

Preparation & Notarization of Judicial ₱5,000.00 minimum or ₱1,000.00 per
Affidavits page, whichever is higher
Drafting of Position Papers and Memorandums ₱10,000.00 minimum or ₱1,000.00 per
(Labor, Administrative Case) page, whichever is higher
₱15,000.00 minimum or
Drafting of Position Papers and Memorandum
₱1,000.00 per page,
(Original Civil & Criminal Cases)
whichever is higher
₱20,000.00 minimum or
Drafting of Position Papers and Memorandum
₱1,000.00 per page,
(On Appeal)
whichever is higher
Drafting and Submission of Motions (Litigious) ₱10,000.00
Drafting and Submission of Motions (Non-
₱5,000.00
Litigious)
Written Manifestations ₱5,000.00
Motion for Reconsideration/Motion for New
₱10,000.00
Trial
NOTE: The foregoing fees in Items of this sub-title refers to the drafting of pleadings only and
EXLCUDES the charge/s for the acceptance fees, and other applicable fees.

APPEARANCE FEES1
Before Courts
Municipal Circuit Trial Court (McTC), Municipal ₱3,000.00 or

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NOTE: Standard amount is whichever is higher.

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 Trial Court (MTC), and Municipal Trial Court in
₱1,000.00 per hour
Cities (MTCC)
₱4,000.00 or
Regional Trial Court (RTC)
₱1,500.00 per hour
₱15,000.00 or
Sandiganbayan
₱2,000.00 per hour
Court of Appeals (CA) and Court of Tax Appeals ₱15,000.00 or
(CTA) ₱2,000.00 per hour
₱25,000.00 or
Supreme Court
₱2,500.00 per hour

Before Labor Agencies or Offices

₱3,000.00 or
Labor Arbiter
₱1,000.00 per hour
DOLE Regional Office, NCMB, BLR, Voluntary ₱4,000.00 or
Arbitrator, POEA ₱1,500.00 per hour
₱4,000.00 or
National Labor Relations Commission
₱1,500.00 per hour
₱10,000.00 or
DOLE National Office Hearings
₱2,500.00 per hour

Before the Ombudsman and the DOJ Prosecution Service

₱3,000.00 or
Ombudsman
₱1,000.00 per hour
₱3,000.00 or
Office of the City or Provincial Prosecutor
₱1,000.00 per hour
₱3,500.00 or
Office of the Regional State Prosecutor
₱1,500.00 per hour

Before other Administrative Agencies

DAR, BI, CSC, COMELEC, ECC, ERC, HLURB,
₱4,000.00 or
LTFRB, NTC, PRC, SSS, LRA, CAB, GSIS, OIC, BOI,
₱1,500.00 per hour
MARINA, PPA and others

SEC TRANSACTIONS
Online Registration of
Registration of Articles of Incorporation and By- Online Registration
Financial Institutions
Laws of a Corporation (Stock or Non-Stock) ₱20,000.00
₱35,000.00
Registration of Articles of Partnership ₱15,000.00
Registration of Amended Articles of
Incorporation or By-Laws of a Corporation or ₱20,000.00
Amended Articles of Partnership
Engagement in cases or other matters before
₱40,000.00
the Securities and Exchange Commission
Preparation and notarization of Resolutions of
₱3,000.00 minimum or
corporations or partnerships, certification, and
₱1,000.00 per page, whichever is higher
Minutes of meetings
Preparation of General Information Sheet and
₱5,000.00
other SEC compliances
Not Listed Publicly Listed
Corporations Corporations
Appointment as Corporate Secretary
₱20,000.00 per ₱50,000.00 per
month month

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Appointment as Corporate Representative for
₱100,000.00 per month
Foreign Corporations
Registration of Articles of Incorporation and By-
₱150,000.00
Laws with PEZA Registration
NOTE: The foregoing fees does not include any fees imposed by the appropriate government
agencies.

OTHER ENGAGEMENT FEES2

Negotiation and Execution of Collective ₱75,000.00 or
Bargaining Agreement ₱2,500.00 per hour
Petition of Injunction before the NLRC ₱40,000.00
Petition for Assumption or Certification of
₱60,000.00
Labor Dispute before the DOLE Secretary
Election Protest and other election related
₱200,000.00
proceedings
With Opposition
₱200,000.00 or Without Opposition
10% of the fair ₱75,000.00 or 5% of
Testate or Intestate Proceedings market value of the fair market value
the property/ies of the property/ies
whichever is whichever is higher
higher
₱150,000.00 or 5% of the fair market
Land Registration
value of the property, whichever is higher
₱20,000.00 ₱50,000.00
Due Diligence for Land/Real Property related
Simple due Complex due
transactions
diligence diligence
Petition for Reconstitution of Title ₱75,000.00
Petition for Issuance of New Owner’s Duplicate
₱50,000.00
Certificate of Title
Registration of Patents, Trademarks,
Copyrights; other similar engagements with ₱150,000.00
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the IPOPHL
General Voluntary Arbitration ₱50,000.00
Investigative Commissions, Bureau and Law
₱50,000.00
Enforcement Agencies
Immigration Proceedings ₱70,000.00
Other Engagements ₱50,000.00

NOTE:
1. The foregoing Standard Attorney’s Fees Schedule are the minimum fees and shall not be
construed as fixing the standard fee or the reasonable fee to be charged in any given
case or situation.

2. An Attorney shall be entitled to have and recover from his client reasonable
compensation for his services with a view to the importance of the subject matter or
controversy, the extent of the services rendered, and the professional standing of the
attorney.

2
NOTE: Standard amount is whichever is higher
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Please refer to

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 3. A contract for a contingent fee, where sanctioned by law should be reasonable under all
the circumstances of the case including the risk and uncertainty of the compensation
but should always be subject to the supervision of the Court, as to its reasonableness.

4. The client shall bear all the expenses and cost of litigation. A lawyer may not properly
agree with a client that the lawyer shall pay or bear the expenses of litigation; he may in
good faith advance expenses as a matter of convenience, but subject to reimbursement.

5. In fixing fees, it should not be forgotten that the legal profession is a branch in the
administration of Justice, not a mere money-getting trade.

6. A member who stubbornly refuses to follow the foregoing standard fee schedule shall
be reported to the IBP National Office for appropriate disciplinary action and shall be
recorded as a member not in good standing for purposes of obtaining their respective
IBP Chapter Certifications.

7. Pro Bono or legal aid cases may allow the lawyer to receive payment from the client to
cover for the office expenses and other actual costs incurred by the lawyer.

8. The foregoing Standard Attorney’s Fees Schedule supersedes all previous Attorney’s
Fees Schedule.

9. This Standard Minimum Attorney’s Fees Schedule shall be effective on the 15th day of
January 2023.

Pursuant to Joint Resolution No. XXXXXXX, dated XXXXXXXXXXX of the Integrated Bar of the
Philippines Cebu Chapter and Cebu City Chapter.

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